Question

Read this excerpt from “The Pit and The Pendulum” by Edgar Allan Poe.

At length, with a wild desperation at heart, I quickly unclosed my eyes. My worst thoughts, then, were confirmed. The blackness of eternal night encompassed me. I struggled for breath. The intensity of the darkness seemed to oppress and stifle me.

How does the first-person point of view most affect the meaning of the text?

A. It demonstrates the narrator's confusion over the reality of his situation and suggests to the reader that the narrator is unreliable.

B. It shows the narrator to be unflappable and strong despite the danger, and it forces the reader to admire him.

C. It explains exactly how the narrator feels about the pitch dark, and it allows the reader to share that fear.

D. It provides insight into the narrator’s deep fear of the dark and shows his great capacity to overcome that fear.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

c?

Answer 3

Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this story.

How does the first-person point of view affect “The Pit and the Pendulum”?


A. It enables the reader to learn more about the Inquisition, the political power that has unjustly imprisoned the narrator.


B. It explicitly describes the narrator's joy when he is saved by the French general at the end.


C. Because it shows only what the narrator knows at any given point, it increases suspense and tension.


D. It helps the reader try to find a way out for the narrator from a number of different angles.

Answer 4

a

Answer 5

Read this excerpt from “The Pit and the Pendulum” by Edgar Allan Poe.

There was a discordant hum of human voices! There was a loud blast as of many trumpets! There was a harsh grating as of a thousand thunders! The fiery walls rushed back! An outstretched arm caught my own as I fell, fainting, into the abyss.

How does the pacing of this passage most affect the story?


A. It creates the panicked and terrified atmosphere of the narrator's final moments alive.

B. It highlights the narrator's disturbed thoughts and weakened state.

C. It highlights the narrator's defiance and anger as he meets his awful fate.

D. It creates the frantic and frenzied atmosphere of the narrator's climactic rescue.

Answer 6

not sure but a maybe

Answer 7

it's A too you ?